当時、砂糖は塩ほど価値がなかった。

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当時 、 砂糖 は 塩 ほど 価値 が なかった 。

English Translation

In those days, sugar was less valuable than salt.

Furigana

当時(とうじ)、砂糖(さとう)は塩(しお)ほど価値(かち)がなかった。

Romanji

Tōji, satō wa shio hodo kachi ga nakatta.

Words

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

砂糖 (さとう)

sugar

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

塩 (しお、えん)

salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt; salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

砂

Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな

Meaning: sand

糖

Reading: トウ

Meaning: sugar

塩

Readings: エン、 しお

Meaning: salt

価

Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい

Meanings: value, price

値

Readings: チ、 ね、 あたい

Meanings: price, cost, value